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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2015; 04(01): 038-041
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1549063
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1549063
Case Report
Isolated Cerebral Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient—A Case Report
Abstract
Isolated Infection of central nervous system by the family Mucoraceae is a rare but life-threatening infection. We present a case of isolated cerebral mucormycosis in a 53-year-old immunocompetent woman without any rhinoorbital focus. She underwent excision biopsy followed by treatment with amphotericin B, resulting in resolution of symptoms clinically and the lesion radiologically.
Publication History
Publication Date:
21 March 2015 (online)
© 2015. Thieme. All rights reserved.
Neurological Surgeons' Society of India
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